Swansea East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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![]() Boundary of Swansea East in Wales.
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Preserved county | West Glamorgan |
Electorate | 60,809 (December 2010) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of parliament | Carolyn Harris (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Swansea |
Overlaps | |
Welsh Assembly | South Wales West |
European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Swansea East (Welsh: Dwyrain Abertawe) is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency comprises the electoral wards of Bonymaen, Cwmbwrla, Landore, Llansamlet, Morriston, Mynydd-Bach, Penderry and St.Thomas. It has been a Labour seat since 1922.
Coordinates: 51°39′01″N 3°55′10″W / 51.65028°N 3.91944°W